Person:Zebulon Harrison (1)

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Zebulon Harrison
b.Abt 1721 Long Island, New York
d.1792 Mauzy, Rockingham County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1720
  1. Zebulon HarrisonAbt 1721 - 1792
  2. John Harrison, Jr.Est 1724 - Bef 1763
  3. Phebe HarrisonAbt 1726 - 1807
  4. Ann Harrison1730 - 1805
  5. Col. Reuben HarrisonAbt 1731 - 1807
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Jul 1747
  1. Phoebe Ann Harrison1748 -
  2. John HarrisonAbt 1749 - 1788
  3. Gideon HarrisonAbt 1751 - 1797
  4. Zebulon Harrison1751 - 1811
  5. Josiah HarrisonAbt 1757 -
  6. Maj. Robert HarrisonBef 1761 - 1838
  7. Mary 'Polly' HarrisonAbt 1764 -
  8. Margaret HarrisonAbt 1765 - 1830
  9. Rutha Harrison1768 -
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Facts and Events
Name Zebulon Harrison
Gender Male
Alt Birth[1] Abt 1718 Long Island, New York
Birth? Abt 1721 Long Island, New York
Marriage 23 Jul 1747 Morristown, New Jerseyto Margaret Cravens
Death? 1792 Mauzy, Rockingham County, Virginia

Zebulon Harrison was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 253.—22d August, 1749. Daniel Davison, yeoman, and Phoebe, to Zebulon Harrison, yeoman. Daniel James's branch. Delivered: John Harrison, November, 1756. 46 acres patented to Daniel Davison, 25th September, 1746. Witnesses: John Denton and John Phillips. Teste: John Den- ton, Jr., Robert Breckenridge, John Phillips.
  • Page 258.—22nd August, 1749. Same as above (Daniel Davison, yeoman, and Phoebe, to Zebulon Harrison, yeoman). Phoebe, wife of Daniel, on Smith's Creek. Stephen Howorth's line. 156 acres, patented to Daniel, 25th September, 1746.
  • Page 152 - Zebulon Harrison, 84 acres, Smiths Creek. Adjoining John Harrison, Reuben Harrison. Mayu 30, 1769. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 54].
  • Page 152 - Zebulon Harrison, 250 ares, East side of Smith's Creek. Adjoining John Needham, and his own land. June 1, 1769. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 55].
  • Page 152 - Zebulon Harrison, 136 acres on east side of Smiths Creek. Adjoining Canols old tract. June 1, 1769. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 55].
  • Page 180 - Zebulon Harrison, 110 acres, Smiths Creek. Adjoining his own patent. May 2, 1771. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 65].
  • Page 23 - Zebulon Harrison, 137 acres, South side of Smiths Creek. Adjoining McGlamiries and near Phillips line. April 5, 1782. Entry made by Harrison November 17, 1770, for 200 acres. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 104-105].

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

  • Page 738.--21st November, 1764. Zebulon ( ) Harrison and Reubin Harrison, executors of John Harrison, deceased, to Jacob Peters, £90, 400; acres on a branch of South Branch of Potomac called West Fork of Mill Creek. Delivered: Moses Hinkle, 31st July, 1793. (Note: John Harrison mentioned in this record was the brother of Zebulon and Reuben Harrison).
  • Page 187.--21st May, 1771. Zebulon ( ) and Reuben Harrison to Robert Dickey, £30, 18 acres patented to John Harrison, deceased, 26th July, 1765, and by him devised to grantors, said Harrison's land. Delivered: Robert Dickey, April, 1773. (Note: John Harrison mentioned in this record was the brother of Zebulon and Reuben Harrison).
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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • Vol. 2 - Muster List of Augusta County - Capt. Peter Shoull's List: Peter Shoull, Captain; And. Burd, Lieutenant; Math. Skeens, Ensign; Abram Harden, John Hill, Johnath Burley, John Harison, Georg. Clemens, Wm. Halimes, Zebulun Harrison, Jno. Davis, Jno. Taylor, Joseph Burley, William White, Isaac Lotos, Wm. Sherral, Valante Severe, John Cumberland, Jacob Jacobs, Thos. Moor, Stephanes Haveworth, Jas. Haveworth, John Beeson, Steph. Howard, Absolom Howard, Joseph Howard, John Benson, Benj. Hames (Haines), John Harrison, Thos. Lowker, Griffiths Thomas, John White, Adam Sherral, Rob. Caldwal, John Miller, Will Brizes (Briges), Wm. Carrel, John Hodg, Absolom Haveworth, John Haveworth.
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Information on Zebulon Harrison

Zebulon HARRISON 1718 - ABT 1792 Repository ID Number: I15

OCCUPATION: Peter Scholl's Militia On Smith's Creek

RESIDENCE: NY > Sussex Co., DE > Augusta > Rockingham Co., VA Abt 1737
BIRTH: 1718, Smithtown, Long Island, NY
DEATH: ABT 1792, Rockingham Co., VA
BURIAL: Lacey Springs, VA
RESOURCES: See: [S24] [S67] [S224]
Father: John HARRISON Sr.
Mother: Phebe (Phoebe)

Family 1 : Margaret CRAVENS MARRIAGE: 23 Jul 1747, Morristown, NJ

+ John HARRISON
Zebulon HARRISON Jr.
+ Robert HARRISON
Phoebe HARRISON
Josiah HARRISON
Polly HARRISON
Neomia HARRISON
Rutha HARRISON
+ Margaret HARRISON
+ Gideon HARRISON
Isaiah HARRISON

Notes Married his cousin while on a trip from Augusta Co, the dau of Robert Cravens, Sr & Mary Harrison. Rev Timothy Jones lst pastor of the lst Presbyterian Ch of Morristown officiating.

He settled on Smith's Creek near his father and patented land 814 acres. Rev War support for furnishing supplies horses, cattle, corn, hay , rations, etc.

A pillar in the early Smith's and Linville Creek Baptist Church. His wife , Margaret Cravens Harrison, mentioned in church 1795 church records.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/Harrison/d0043/g0000082.html#I15

References
  1. ↑ Find A Grave.

    Zebulon Harrison
    Birth 1718
    Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA
    Death Jul 1792 (aged 73–74)
    Lacey Spring, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
    Burial
    Harrison Family Cemetery
    Mauzy, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA

    Zebulon Harrison was born about 1718 in Smithtown Long Island, New York and moved to Augusta, (Now Rockingham County Virginia in 1737, where he died in 1792. He was the son of John Harrison and his wife, Phoebe, and the Grandson of Isaiah Harrison and his first wife Elizabeth Wright. (see Vol. II, No.4 Harrison Heritage).

    Zebulon Married his cousin, a young widow Margaret Cravens Primrose while he was on a trip from Augusta Co. to Morristown, New Jersey. The marriage took place on July 23, 1747. Margaret was the daughter of Captain Robert Cravens, Sr. and his wife Mary Harrison Cravens, Margaret was born about 1724 and died 1800.

    Zebulon and Margaret settled on Smith Creek near his father and patented 814 acres of land.
    During the Revolutionary War they furnished supplies to the American Army including horses, cattle, corn, hay and food.

    Like the Harrisons before him, he was a pillar in the Baptist Church, both at Smith's and Linville Creek. Zebulon and Margaret are both buried in the old unmarked burial ground, near Lacey Springs, Rockingham Co. Virginia.

    Zebulon and Margaret had 11 children.

    1) Phoebe Ann Harrison (1748-1778) married James Dyer
    2) John Harrison (1749-1803) Married Hannah Lincoln daughter of John Lincoln, and Great Aunt to President Lincoln.
    3) Zebulon Harrison Jr. (1751-1811) Married daughter of William Young.
    4) Josiah Harrison (1757-1822) married Margaret Miller
    5) Polly Harrison (1760-1830) married Robert Harrison (Son of Benjamin Harrison).
    6) Gideon Harrison (1762-1797) married Mary Jane Brian.
    7) Margaret Harrison (1765-1830) married Jeremiah Cravens
    8) Major Reuben Harrison (1775-1838)
    9 Neomia Harrison (1780-1855) married Zebulon Dyer.
    10) Robert Harrison (1782-1853)married Sarah Davis
    11) Rutha Harrison ( - )

    Sources; "Settlers of the Long Grey Trail" by J. Houston Harrison 1935
    "Capt. Robert Cravens and Family"

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180893053

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